different between ecology vs ecosystems
ecology
English
Alternative forms
- oecology, œcology (archaic)
Etymology
Calque of German Ökologie (coined by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek ????? (oîkos, “house”) + -????? (-logía, “study of”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k?l?d?i/, /??k?l?d?i/
- (US) enPR: ?k?l?j?, IPA(key): /i.?k?.l?.d?i/
- Hyphenation: ecol?ogy
- Rhymes: -?l?d?i
Noun
ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)
- (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- ecology block
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Glossary of ecology
References
- ecology at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ecology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "ecology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 110.
- ecology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- ecology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
ecology From the web:
- what ecology means
- what ecology in biology
- what ecology is all about
- what's ecology crossword answers
- what ecology do
- what ecology is important
- what ecology succession
- what ecology is science
ecosystems
English
Noun
ecosystems
- plural of ecosystem
ecosystems From the web:
- what ecosystems are there
- what ecosystems resemble islands
- what ecosystems have high biodiversity
- what ecosystems are affected by climate change
- what ecosystems are in the tundra
- what ecosystems have the highest biodiversity
- what ecosystems are found in intertidal zones
- what ecosystems have the lowest productivity
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